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[quote=Anonymous]I am Christian and was raised in a family that attended church/Sunday School every Sunday. 
I had a pretty good education in religion and the stories from the Bible.  Or, so I thought.

When I went to college, I took a class in Chaucer (not an English major - it was a class that was part of the basic things that Freshmen had to take).
What I discovered is that in order to truly understand and appreciate some of the classic literature, you really have to have an understanding of the Bible. 
So much of what was written centuries ago had references to Biblical stories and events.  
Our professor was British, and bemoaned the fact that in the US, we have not been really taught the Bible as a piece of literature.  He spent a great deal of time educating us on the Bible so that we could understand the stories written by Chaucer.

So, I do believe it is worthy and important to teach children not only Biblical stories, but allow them, or encourage them, to view the Bible as a piece of literature and study it as you would any other classic.  [/quote]

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